The file "marg_scaled_winbugs.csv" contains replication data from Margalit's (2013) "Explaining Social Policy Preferences: Evidence from the Great Recession," model 6, Table 3, which can be found on page 90 of the February 2013 issue of the American Political Science Review. Descriptions of the variables are as follows:

"ID" is an index of individual survey respondents across the 4 waves of the survey.

"welfare" is an ordinal measure of an individual's support for government spending on welfare programs. Higher values indicate higher support. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"lostjob" is a dichotomous indicator coded 1 if an individual is taking the survey is currently unemployed but was employed in the previous survey. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"HHmuchlessincome" is a dichotomous indicator coded 1 if the reported household income (individual plus spouse income) has decreased by at least 25% from the previous survey response. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"lessecure" is dichotomous and coded 1 if the individual's reported sense of job security is two scores lower than in the previous survey (survey question is ordinal). This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"splostjob" is binary and coded 1 if the individual's spouse was employed in the previous survey but currently unemployed. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"prevwelfa" is the level of welfare support reported by the individual in the previous wave. Lagged DV. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"stillunemployed" is binary and coded 1 if the individual was unemployed in the previous wave and currently unemployed. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"newjob" is binary and coded 1 if the individual is currently employed and was unemployed in the previous survey. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"notinlabormarket" is binary and coded 1 if the individual is not employed and is not looking for employment. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"logusd" is the natural log of the individual's reported income. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"educ" is a count of the number of years of education the individual reports. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"age" is the individual's age. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"unemployment" is the unemployment rate of the county in which the individual lives. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"HHincnotreported" is binary and coded 1 if the individual and/or his/her spouse did not report income. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"white" is binary and coded 1 if the individual identifies as white. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"black" is binary and coded 1 if the individual identifies as African-American. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"hispanic" is binary and coded 1 if the individual identifies as Hispanic. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"asian" is binary and coded 1 if the individual identifies as Asian. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"nativeam" is binary and coded 1 if the individual identifies as Native American. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"mixed" is binary and coded 1 if the individual identifies as mixed race. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"other" is binary and coded 1 if the individual identifies as some other race. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"mideast" is binary and coded 1 if the individual identifies as middle eastern. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"married" is binary and coded 1 if the individual is married. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"separated" is binary and coded 1 if the individual is separated. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"divorced" is binary and coded 1 if the individual is divorced. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"widowed" is binary and coded 1 if the individual is widowed. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"single" is binary and coded 1 if the individual is single. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"dompartner" is binary and coded 1 if the individual has a domestic partner. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"independent" is binary and coded 1 if the individual's party identification is independent. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"republican" is binary and coded 1 if the individual's party identification is republican. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"democrat" is binary and coded 1 if the individual's party identification is democrat. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"female" is binary and coded 1 if the individual is female. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"male" is binary and coded 1 if the individual is male. This variable is standardized with mean set to 0 and standard deviation set to 1.

"SWindex" is an index of stateXwave, or each state-wave. 

"StateIndex" is an index of individuals' state of residence. 

"WaveIndex" is an index of the survey waves. 